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ELOCUTIONIST
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
A public speaker trained in voice production and gesture and delivery
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Hypernyms ("elocutionist" is a kind of...):
orator; public speaker; rhetorician; speechifier; speechmaker (a person who delivers a speech or oration)
Derivation:
elocution (an expert manner of speaking involving control of voice and gesture)